New Puppets

These new puppets from Folkmanis are located on the puppet racks in the Teaching Aids area of the CMC.

Cat Stage Puppet
Cat stage puppet, approximately 14" tall



Rabbit Stage Puppet
Rabbit stage puppet, approximately 19" tall, including ears



Fawn Hand Puppet
Fawn hand puppet, approximately 13" long



Crocodile Stage Puppet
Crocodile stage puppet, approximately 15" tall



Scarlet Macaw Hand Puppet
Scarlet macaw hand puppet, approximately 15" long, excluding tail



Chicken Hand Puppet
Chicken hand puppet, approximately 22" tall



Duck Hand Puppet
White duck hand puppet, approximately 11" tall



Piggy Hand Puppet
Pig hand puppet, approximately 9" tall



Dragon Stage Puppet
Dragon stage puppet, approximately 12" tall



Peacock Hand Puppet
Peacock hand puppet, approximately 12" x 12"

New "Christian Heroes: Then and Now" Biographies

The following are all written by Janet and Geoff Benge:

Count Zinzendorf: Firstfruit
A biography of the German nobleman who protected the Moravians from persecution in eighteenth-century Germany.

Brother Andrew: God's Secret Agent
A biography of the Dutch missionary Brother Andrew who became noted for smuggling Bibles into communist-controlled Eastern Europe.



John Wesley: The World, His Parish
A biography of the Anglican clergyman John Wesley who, along with his brother Charles and George Whitefield, founded the Methodist movement.

C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller
A biography of the author of The Chronicles of Narnia who converted from atheism to Christianity.



Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den
Relates events in the life of the Dutch woman who survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps to become a Christian missionary.

Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold
A biography of the Scottish missionary and runner who won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics and went on to do missionary work in China.



George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans
A biography of English evangelist and philanthropist, George Muller, who established orphanages in Bristol that ultimately cared for thousand of children.

New YA Books

The Call - Michael Grant
A seemingly average twelve-year-old learns that he is destined to gather a team of similarly gifted children to try to save the world from a nameless evil, which is threatening to reappear after having been imprisoned for three thousand years.

Brooklyn, Burning - Steve Brezenoff
Sixteen-year-old Kid, who lives on the streets of Brooklyn, loves Felix, a guitarist and junkie who disappears, leaving Kid the prime suspect in an arson investigation, but a year later Scout arrives, giving Kid a second chance to be in a band and find true love

13 Curses - Michelle Harrison
When fairies steal her brother, thirteen-year-old Rowan Fox promises that in exchange for his return she will find the thirteen charms that the fairies have enchanted and hidden in the human world.

The Ghostwriter Secret - Mac Barnett
Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.

Saga - Conor Kostick
On Saga, a world based on a video role-playing game, fifteen-year-old Ghost lives to break rules, but the Dark Queen who controls Saga plans to enslave its people and those of New Earth, and Ghost and her airboarding friends, along with Erik and his friends from Epic, try to stop her.

The Secrets of the Crown - Adam Jay Epstein
When human magic is destroyed, familiars Aldwyn the cat, Skylar the blue jay, and Gilbert the tree frog set out without their wizards to seek the Crown of the Snow Leopard, the only object that can save the kingdom of Vastia from the evil hare Paksahara.

Breadcrumbs - Anne Ursu
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life.

The Limping Man - Maurice Gee
When the Limping Man, who controls minds for evil purposes, and his army invade Blood Burrow, Hana flees into the woods for safety, where she joins a group who wants to confront and destroy him before he takes over the world.

The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled

New Nonfiction Books

A Storm Called Katrina - Myron Uhlberg
When flood waters from broken levees submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together.

Victoria and Her Court - Virginia Schomp
A social history of Victorian England, focusing on life in the upper echelons of society during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

Lives of the Presidents - Kathleen Krull
Presents the lives of the presidents, focusing on their roles as parents, husbands, pet owners, and neighbors, while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.

Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City - David Weitzman
Narrative text and photographs examines Native American history and the development of structural engineering and architecture, focusing on Mohawk ironworkers.

Basic Genealogy for Kids - Bonnie Hinman
Introduces readers to basic tools and techniques for researching their ancestors.

Using Technology to Find Your Family History - Tammy Gagne
Explains how to use technology to research genealogical information, offering insight into where to explore, how to search, and the details that can be found.

How to Research Your Ancestry - Tamra Orr
Offers kids practical advice on how they can research their ancestry, with an overview of various sources for genealogy information and tips on organizing everything into a family tree.

Design Your Family Tree - Amie Jane Leavitt
An introduction to genealogy for children that explains how to create a family tree, with tips on finding information on their ancestors and documenting that information in an easy-to-read format.


Teen Cyberbullying Investigated - Tom Jacobs
Powerful collection of landmark court cases involving teens and charges of cyberbullying, which includes: sending insulting or threatening emails, text, or instant messages directly to someone; spreading hateful comments about someone through emails, blogs, or chat rooms; stealing passwords and sending out threatening messages using a false identity; and building a Web site to target specific people. Each chapter features the seminal case and resulting decision, asks readers whether they agree with the decision, and urges them to think about how the decision affects their lives. Chapters also include related cases, important facts and statistics, and suggestions for further reading.


Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans - Kadir Nelson
A simple introduction to African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.

New Teaching Aids

Carrying Bags for Big Books

30"x24" plastic bag with handles that can be used to carry big books and other large teaching aids. The bags are stored in the Big Book cases near the CMC door.

New Children's Books

The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book - Rufus Butler Seder

We're off to see the wizard! The magic of Scanimation meets the wonderful Wizard of Oz, bringing to life 10 memorable scenes from the movie that's enchanted generations of viewers.

Under the Mambo Moon - Julia Durango

Contains poems about the different people who stop by Marisol's father's music store on a hot summer night, looking for just the right songs to make their hearts fly home.

Toys Come Home - Emily Jenkins

When a little girl gets a plush stingray for her birthday, it makes friends with some of her other toys as they all try to navigate in the world of real people.

12 Days of Christmas - Barbi Sido

A board book with accordion-style fold-out pages presents an illustrated version of the traditional Christmas carol "Twelve Days of Christmas."

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth - Marie-Louise Gay

Roslyn Rutabaga is a rabbit. One day she has a plan to dig the biggest hole on earth. Will she succeed? Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Medal

Anna Hibiscus - Atinuke

Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her whole family, loves to splash in the sea and have parties for her aunties, but Anna would love to see snow. Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor

Pocketful of Posies - Salley Mavor

Peek inside and discover a treasure trove of nursery rhymes stunningly illustrated. Each rhyme has been lovingly stitched with rich fabric and colorful threads and exquisitely ornamented with everyday objects such as acorns, buttons, beads, driftwood, stones, and shells. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories - Dr. Seuss

Presents seven Dr. Seuss stories first published in magazines between 1950 and 1951, with an introduction and commentary on each.

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young - Halfdan Rasmussen

Halfdan Rassmussen was born in Copenhagen in 1915 and fought in the Danish resistance during the German occupation. This is a selection of his children's poetry translated into English.

Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea - Tony Johnston

Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jeans.

New Childtrens Book

Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

New Teaching Aids

Double-sided self-portrait mirror
Double-sided, table-top mirror, approximately 8"x11". For ages 3 and up.

Dry-erase boards
Magnetic, dry-erase board, approximately 18"x24". See call number 371.33 L438M for a set of erasers.

New Graphic Novel

Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory - George O'Connor
Recounts the stories of the many heroes who sought and won the approval and patronage of Hera, the Queen of the Gods, including the story of Heracles.

New YA Books

Jefferson's Sons - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.

Stay with Me - Paul Griffin
Fifteen-year-olds Mack, a high school drop-out but a genius with dogs, and Céce, who hopes to use her intelligence to avoid a life like her mother's, meet and fall in love at the restaurant where they both work, but when Mack lands in prison he pushes Céce away and only a one-eared pit-bull can keep them together.

New YA Book

You Will Call me Drog - Sue Cowing
Unless eleven-year-old Parker can find a way to remove the sinister puppet that refuses to leave his hand, he will wind up in military school or worse but first he must stand up for himself to his best friend Wren, his mother, and his nearly-absent father.